Do Critics Want to Put Atlas on the Map?

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on Netflix. Jennifer Lopez is trying to save humanity as the titular character in Brad Peyton’s new sci-fi film, Atlas . Simu Liu and Sterling K.

Brown also star, but the movie’s main focus is on Atlas and her sentient mecha suit, which is voiced by Gregory James Cohan. Atlas delivers a pretty positive message about AI ..

. hmm, how do we think that will land with a group of critics who likely don’t want to be replaced by robots? As it turns out, the AI story line is only one of the problems that critics have with the project. Early reactions so far have generally been a shrug at best — for example, a Hollywood Reporter headline politely drags it as “another Netflix movie made to half-watch while doing laundry.

” While some reviews have offered praise for Lopez’s performance, she was also involved as a producer on the film, so the overall response is probably still something J.Lo’s PR team might want to keep on the lo. Below, what critics are saying about Atlas.

“When, someday not so long from now, Netflix begins serving up personalized AI-generated sludge content based on each of our viewing histories, it probably won’t look all that different from Atlas , which barely looks like it was made by humans anyway. But the point of Atlas isn’t to make its actors look big — it’s to remind us that AI is our friend, even when it occasionally tries to exterminate us, and that we should get over ourselves and our tetchy objections.” —.